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  • ScienceAFP News

    China's Shenzhou-18 mission docks with space station: Xinhua

    A spaceship carrying three astronauts from China's Shenzhou-18 mission safely docked at Tiangong space station Friday, state-run media reported, the latest step in Beijing's space programme that aims to send astronauts to the Moon by 2030.By early Friday the spacecraft had "successfully docked" with the space station, state-run news agency Xinhua reported, citing the China Manned Space Agency.

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  • BusinessAFP News

    Stocks fall as tech shares sink, US economy slows

    London's stock market bucked the trend in reaching another record high on Thursday, but Wall Street and eurozone equities fell as tech shares sank after Meta signaled an AI spending spree and data showed slower US economic growth.- London bucks trend - London's FTSE 100 index bucked the trend as it struck 8,102.14 points to briefly reach an all-time high for a third session running, ending in positive territory despite the declines elsewhere.

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    New York court overturns Harvey Weinstein sex crime conviction

    New York's highest court on Thursday overturned disgraced Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein's 2020 conviction on sex crime charges, a shock reversal in one of the defining cases of the #MeToo movement.Weinstein, 72, was convicted in a New York court in 2020 of the rape and sexual assault of ex-actress Jessica Mann in 2013, and of forcibly performing oral sex on former production assistant Mimi Haleyi in 2006.

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    Haiti transitional council sworn in as gunshots ring out

    A long-awaited transitional ruling council was sworn in Thursday in Haiti, marking a critical step forward in restoring functional government in a country rocked by months of gang violence."Today marks a critical step towards free and fair elections," White House National Security Council spokesman John Kirby said.

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    Eight Colleges Join Together To Protest The War in Gaza At George Washington University

    The university says students have until 7 p.m. local time to move their tents off campus.

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  • BusinessReuters

    Health conglomerate Kaiser notifies millions of a data breach

    The Kaiser Foundation Health Plan confirmed that 13.4 million residents had their information taken in a data breach, as per a legally required notice filed with the U.S. government on April 12 and reported on Thursday. Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, which operates as Kaiser Permanente, is one of the leading U.S. health care providers. Kaiser Permanente said it is not aware of any misuse of any member's or patient's personal information.

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  • PoliticsHuffPost

    Supreme Court Conservatives Likely To Give Trump What He Wants In Immunity Case: Further Delay

    The justices seemed to focus more on hypothetical future cases rather than the case immediately before them.

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